Government2018

Japanese cabinet again says it has not confirmed alien UFOs

When: Feb 2018
Where: Tokyo, Japan
Sources: 3 public sources

Lawmaker Seiji Osaka, whose written question drew the cabinet's 2018 answer Cabinet Public Relations Office, Cabinet Secretariat of Japan, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Answering a written question from lower-house lawmaker Seiji Osaka, the cabinet said it had never confirmed UFOs thought to come from beyond Earth and had made no special study of how to respond if one entered Japanese airspace. The question also cited the U.S. Pentagon's UFO program.

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OfficialWritten inquiry on the government's recognition of unidentified flying objects (No. 84, 196th Diet) (opens in a new tab)House of Representatives of Japan / 2018-02-16
OfficialGovernment written answer to inquiry No. 84 (196th Diet) (opens in a new tab)House of Representatives of Japan / 2018-02
PressQ: Why does a written answer about UFOs matter? (opens in a new tab)Bunshun Online / 2018-03-29

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